Dough-dividing machine for bread-making.



No. 873,682. PATBNTED DEC. 10, 1907. G. T PBNDRITH.

DOUGH DIVIDING MACHINE FOR BREAD MAKING.

, APPLICATION FILED HOV,27. 1906.

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y e. T. PBNDRITH. DOUGH DIVIDING MACHINE FOR BREAD MAKING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27.1906.

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' PATBNTED DBO. 10, 1907. G. T. PENDRITH.

DOUGH DIVIDING MACHINE FOR BREAD MAKING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.Z7. 1906.

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Fad/12% No. 873,682 PATENTED DEG. 10 1907 G, T PENDRITH. DOUGH DIVIDING MACHINE FOR BREAD MAKING.

APPLIOATIQH FILBD HOV. 27,1906.

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GEORGE THOMAS PENDRITH, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed Hovember 27. 1908. Serial No. 345.391.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE THOMAS PEN- nnrrn, of the city of Toronto, in the county 'of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada,

have invented certain new and useful improvements in Dough-Dividing Machines for Bread-Making, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in dough dividing machines for bread making, and the object of the invention is to devise a simple, cheap and compact machine of a maximum capacity for a given size of machine, and such a machine as will be capahle of ready adjustment according to the variation in the bulk of the dough during the period that the machine is running.

Further objects are to make a machine that can be readily cleaned, in which all heavy weights will be dispensed with, which will have a positive even motion, in which there will be no loss of time or motion in its operation, in which the loaves will he made separately and consequently no separation necessary as in various classes of machines at present in use Where more than one loaf is turned out at a time.

A still further object is to make a machine in which the loaves may be delivered to the molding machine or kneading up machine without manual labor.

To carry out these objects I have constructed my machine with a central drum suitably mounted on a shaft and carrying a series of molds, a stationary cam located on the shaft and plungers operatively connected to the cam and located in the molds, a suitahlc feed hopper and plunger for the delivery of the dough to the molds of the drum as they rotate, means for imparting a step-bystep movement to the drum and means for 'is shown and described more particularly hereafter.

Figure l, is a perspective view of my dough divi ing machine from the side in which the step-hy-step movement is given to the drum. Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the machine from the opposite side. Fig. 3, is a longitudinal section through the machine. Fig. 4, Fig. 5, is a detail ol the cam. Fi 6, is a cross section of the hopper.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

a recess havin a concentric bottom.

handle 8 at the outer end and A is the main shaft of the machine, which is journaled in suitablehearings A on the frame A and B is the drum, which is rigidly mounted on the shaft. B are a series of radially arran ed molds attached to or formingpart of the drum B, being preferably cast inte ral therewith.

l) are plungers arranged one in each mold and C is a cam secured rigidly on the frame A and loosely mounted on the shaft and arranged from C to C with a gradually increasing radius. v

C is a plate having a concentric end rih C projecting through a slot C in the disk C to which the cam C is secured. The carnC has The late C is provit ed with a slot C (see dotted ines in'Fig. 5 and full lines in Fig. 4) whereby it maybe adjusted so that th, rib C may be brought nearer or farther from the concentric side of the recess C. The disk C is provided with a rim C having portion of its periphery cut away to receive agate 2, which is p1voted at one end and (provided near the opposite end with a pin 3 -ignei' to extend trough a slot 4 concentric of the gate. By means i I )in 3 on the opposite side to big. 5, the gate may hea h for a purpose which h 5 is a pin extending outs; opposite side of the piate (i arm journaled at one end on disk C". I

7 is a screw spindle extendiir' slotted arm and provided v:

shown Ward hrough the turning *ing the in nor end screw threaded as inc ated in Figs. 2 and 4. A nut 9 is located at the outer end of the slot and thereby with the handle-8 allows the screw spindle being to led without longitudinal adjustment. The threaded end of the screw spindle extends througha corresponding hole in the in 5 and it will thus be seen that as the pin 5 is secured to the plate 0 that the turning of the screw spindle will effect the ion itudinal adjust-v ment of the concentric rib 4 for the purpose of adjusting the movement of'the plungers D at the oint where they receive the dough as will ereinafter ap ear. The lungers D are provided with re rally extendin rods D on which are journaled the rollers The rodsare uided in their radial movement by means 0 guides 10 concentrically arranged and attached to or forming part of the face B of thedrum. I Located on the opposite cured at the opposite end of the stud F and 'F" is a push arm pivotally secured in the end of the arm F and having a notched end F engaging with one of the pins" 11. Such notched end F of the push barF is held in engagement by a s ring-F.

By means of the crank wheel E it will, therefore, be seen that by the mechanism hereinbefore immediately described the is (given a step.- by-step movement correspon ing circume ferentially to the distance between center mold in the direction of rotation.

and center of each mold and soarranged as to bring the mold opposite to the bottom of the tube of the opper I. It will be no ticed that such bottom tube of the hopper lhas a flange H concentric to the. drum and fitting closely to itpast the first succeeding The tube H has also a top opening H in which the doujgh is deposited. 1

-J are segmental rollers having the concentric portionJ of a less radius thari the concentric portion J the ends connecting the two portions being substantiall 'diametrically tepposite-each other (see ig. 6).- The rollers are journaled in bearin s in the ends of the hopper and the spindles 3 of the rollers have located at their outer ends the arms J, which are connected by the rods J to the arms J pivoted at one end on'the pins J and carrying the rollers J J 9 are cams having grooves into which the rollers extend. The grooves of the cams are so shaped as to give an oscillating movement to the rollers J at the top towards and from each other.' This oscillating movement is to cut off the supply of dough immediately the plunger starts to move forward and as soon as the plunger moves backwardly again into the position shown in the drawing the rollers are opened up again in order to allow the dough to feed. The cam groove is arranged with a concentric portion, so that the rollers remain stationary during the period that the plunger feeding the dough is being moved backward. and forward. v

K is a plunger, which is hollow as shown and has a-central rod K extending there? through into the solid inner end K L are rods, which are secured at one end 7 in the ends of the hopper I and at the opposite end extend through the cross bars L The cross bars L have a round portion L on which are swung the links L to W hich ii1e dough to move inwardly into the mold.

upper ends of the forked lever M are con nected. The lower endof the forked lever is pivoted on a bracket A on the frame. Intermediate of the length of the forked bracket M I provide an offset M, which carries a roller M which works in a groove N of the cam N. Such cam groove N v in connection with the lever imparts the requisite reciprocating movement to the plunger K, a portion of the cam being concentric, so that the plunger will remain stationary during" the period that the dough is being fed. 1 provide a spring 0 extending between the inner end of the plunger and the cross bar L in order to make the plungerof a yielding resilient nature. I The degree of yield or resiliency may be determined by adjusting up the nuts K at the outer threaded end of the rod K "Having now described. the principal parts involved in. my invention I shall briefly describe its operation and utility.

The dough is fed into the hopper I and is carried down by the segmental rollers J into the hollow tube. H. The plungerK is then caused to-move forward, so as to cause Ithe mmediately the dough has been projected into the mold. the drum is given a step-by-step movement to carry it around and the, next succeeding mold-into position. During the same time the plunger is carried backwardly again and when it has reached the limit of its backward stroke, the mold is opened up by the segmental rollers J and further dough is deposited into the tube H preparatory to being again projectedinto' the next succeeding mold.- This operation is repeated con tinuously as the drum continues to revolve.

The bulk of the loaf is determined to a nicety by the adjustment of the concentric rib C" of the cam C by the means hereinbefore-described, thereby determinin what position the plunger assumes in t e mold; The dough is ejected on the side of the drum diametrically opposite the mold into which it is first projected and such ejection is aided by means of the scraper P suitably held in 7 the frame and resting against the eriphery of the drum. The loaf'as it is free from the drum is carried away by means of the endless band Q to the molding machine, or to a kneadin up machine.

In or er to cleanse the moldsand plungers it is necessary to remove theplungers and to effect this I provide the gate 2 hereinbefore described, which may be thrown inwardl so that as the drum rotates the rollers wil passoutside of the gate and'may be readily withdrawn for cleansing purposes.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with the drum and radially arranged molds, a cam, and a disk.

provided with a rib surrounding the cam,

' the cam is aflixed, of the glungers and rods and rollers co-acting with t e cam as and for the purpose specified.

-'2. The combination with the drum and radially arranged molds, a cam, and a disk guides on the inner face of the drum for the rods as and for the purpose specified.

3, The combinat on with the drum and radially arranged molds, a cam, and a disk provided with a rib to which disk the cam is '15 aflixed, of a gate forming part of said rib, a pin connectedto the gate and projecting through the disk for moving the gate, plungers and rods and rollers co-acti ng with the cam, and means for varying the position of the plungers in the mold at the point of feed of the dough as and-for .the ur ose specified. 4. The combination wit t e drum and radially arranged molds, a cam, and a disk provided with a rib to which disk the cam is aflixed, of the 'plungers and rods and rollers 'co-acting with the cam, a slot or opening in the disk, a plate provided with a concentric rib extending through the recess opposite the concentric portion of the cam or inner side ofthe recess, and means for adjusting such. late as and for the purpose specified.

he combination with the drum and radially arranged molds, a cam, and a disk provided with a rib to which disk the cam is afiixed, of the plungers and rods and rollers co-acting With the cam, a slot or opening in the disk, a' plate provided with a concentric rib extending through the recess opposite the concentric portion of the'cam or inner side of the recess, a pin extending throu h a slot in the disk and secured in the p ate aforesaid, a slotted arm provided with a central rod suitably held from longitudinal displacement and havin tending through the pin aforesaid as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination with the drum and molds and plungers, of the hopper provided with a tubular bottom having an open top and a hollow plunger having a closed end, a rod extending through the plunger at one end and through a cross bar at the opposite end, rods held in the end of the hopper and in the cross bar, links swung on the end of the cross bar, a lever journaled in theframe provided with a forked end and at the upper end connected to the links, a roller on the lever, a counter shaft, a cam on such counter shaft in the groove of which such roller exspiral spring encircling the central rod and extending between the inner end of the plunger and the cross bar as and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE THOMAS PENDRITH.

Witnesses B. BYD,

E. MCEAOHERN.

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